Monday, March 3, 2008

Table of Contents Poem

I was searching through The Practice of Poetry looking for some fun new ways to approach kids writing their own works and came across an assignment called "Index/ Table of Contents Exercise" by Lee Upton. I liked the idea of their life being a listing of where they came from and where else they can go from here. When finalized, the assignment came out as, "List ten significant people events in your life. Think of your life as a book; these are the chapters. Group together what can be compiled. Make sure to create a creative title for each chapter using a poetic term. Also the numbers of pages in a chapter should be reflective of their importance. "

Open eyes, no tears......pg. 1Baby smiles..............pg.10I wanted a puppy not a sister...pg.21Meeting my longest freind...pg. 33New house, new school..... pg. 47Another new school.......pg. 64Oh no high school........pg. 82

The starting point....1-7Plaid skirts and polos....7-23My world turned upside down....24-30Anxiousness and anticipation...31-35Just like flying....36-39Always there for me?....40-45The start of something new....46-50A sharp contrast....51-55The best has yet to come....56-?

In the Beginning~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~1Lion, Bears, and Tigers? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~3The Circle of Life~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~5A Puma, a new beginning~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~11DC, Jazz, and Eighth grade~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~15I’m a Warrior now~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~21Some of my Favorite things~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~22ACG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~24Musical Interests~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~27College Bound~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~30When life give you lemons make lemonade~~~~35Epilogue~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~40

Here I am..........1-10The fantastic four..........11-20Its time for school..........21-25Moving and losing..........26-29Pen pal for life..........30-32Sandburg..........33-43Kinghthood..........44-54LESLIE..........55-60Best friend numero dos..........61-66Vegas and Califoria..........68-70Disbanding of the fantastic four..........71-77The team is back together..........78-87Vegas and California part 2..........88-93I'm a warrior now!..........94-97Freshy :P..........98-100Their breakup, I'm getting pulled apart..........101-105All better..........106-107I can't believe she's leaving..........108-110Brand new Baby..........111-112Say goodbye..........113-119To be continued..........120-

Little Labor of Love...1Pros and Cons of Being the Girl...5Seperation, Divorce, and All That Other Fun Stuff... 10"2 Kewl 4 Elementary School"... 30The Joys of PMS. Woah kiddos, not that kind... 40The Night I Thought Would Never End...60Being There When I Needed You...100DC 07 (ROIDS!)...120Moving On... 125Making Peace... 140This Is Me... 150 and on

Into the world I came 1Learning how to ride as well as getting a brand new bike 10Kindergarten started my fame 15Campouts in the backyard-pretending to be on a mountain hike 18Learning to tell time and receiving a clock 20No more single digit years after turning the age of ten 22A vacation up to Marble and bringing back rock 25Having been engraved with my name, a special birthday pen 31Enjoying life thus far with my family and friends 33Elementary school and middle school went by in a flash and have now passed 42Trying to manage all of life’s curves, twists, and bends 47Life is an ongoing journey with so many memories that are sure to last… 50

Skinny Dipping (I was born in a jacuzzi haha)………………..pg. 1Genius From the Start…………pg. 4Music is Life………………...…pg. 10The Dark Ages…………………pg. 15Taste of Hope……………….….pg. 25Island Party Girl………………..pg. 35Return to Darkness……………..pg. 50Separation………………………pg. 65High School: New Beginnings…pg. 70Friends- All The Family………………I’ll Ever Need…………………pg. 85Diagnosis……………………..pg. 95Clearing the Fog……………….pg.???

1.I came in with a bang (not a pop) P.12.The Learning and the Pain P.2-123.The Joy of my Youth P.13-164.The Sunset of Innocence P. 17-185.The Adulthood P. 19-226.The Dawn of Maturity P. 23-277. I went out with a whisper P. 28-308. What's next? P. 31-34

Beginning for everything........pg. 1-2Fantastic Four....pg. 3-5Friends for Ever?.pg. 6-7First years pulic school- elementary........pg. 8-15A second home in another country...........pg. 16-21Prepararations for the future............pg. 22-28High school beginnings...........................................pg.29-31New responsibilities.....................................pg. 32-

The adventure begins..........1-7Before I knew to color inside the lines..........8-21A new kid means a new start..........22-35Hamilton seems more like prison than school..........35-72Time lost is trouble gained..........73-108Eighth grade is split by a change in settings..........109-117My main support system fails..........118-131What’s foggy begins to become clear..........132-146A relative falls through the cracks..........147-163High school starts a whole new chapter..........164-174Missing what I left behind..........175-179Anticipating what is still to come..........180-200

Blonde hair, blue eyes………1-12 A work in the making………12-30A change in the numbers………30-60Friends and memories to last??.........60-85President………85-95Best years of my life………95-125A Whole New experience………125-140Find your self, and your friends………140-185A piece of clay………185-245What you wait for………245-265The rest is still unwritten……….

The land of no colored socks: 1-20The search for adventure: 20-35Bugs of Bacteria: 35-40I think I love you: 40-47A long way down: 47-50Smack in the face: 50-55Love of the abandoned and alone: 50-70A great surprise: 70-80From dust to shelter: 80-90Hope for the crown: 90-99The valley of the shadow of death: 99-111

1: Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I’m Yours 32: Growth of a Tree 73: Fly Like an Eagle 113: I Don’t Want to live on the Moon 244: On the Road Again 355: The European Experience 446: Country Roads 567: On My Way 648: What a Wonderful World 72

1.“I’ve been at this church since I was 4,” pg. 1-52.“Scream Dawnielle, Scream!” pg. 6-73.“Hi, my name is Lauren, want to play with me?” pg. 8-204.“Dawnielle just likes to talk; it’s not a bad thing.” Pg. 21-225.“Hola, me llama Sahaira.” pg. 22-366.“We are going to put Dawnielle on an ILP.” Pg. 37-397.“Lean on me, when you’re not strong…” pg. 40-438.“He gave you an 89.7%?” 44-459.“Lauren, meet Hannah and Kelsey.” Pg. 46-6010.“Hey loser! ~ Matthew 10:39” pg. 61-8311.“You’re a wedding singer!!” pg.84-8612.“This year, the speech is going to be a little different.” Pg. 87-9013.“We’re at cherry field again.” Pg. 91-10014.“You sang On My Own, she HATES that song!” pg. 101-10515.“Yes, Yes it is” pg. 106- 11116.“ Blood will have blood” pg. 111-12017.“Jeez Dawnielle, you are friends with everyone.” Pg. 120-13018.“For in your days I am doing a work in which you will have no belief, even if news of it is given to you” pg. 130- 1,000,000

Hello World, I Am Ready to Party~1The Good Old Days of No Mirrors ~2Meet me at the Secret Place~6The Voice Finds it's Song ~ 14Rollo and Chubs ~ 16A Goodbye, Forever ~19The Days of Sunshine ~20White House, In My Heart it Will Always be the Five of Us~26Never forget~30What I Have Been Waiting for ~31The Thrill of the Lights~ 33The Unwritten Pages ~ 34

WOW!!! I was not too excited for this poem assignment, but I read some of them, and it is amazing how much I learn about everybody through them. This is SO cool!! I really want to know what each chapter of everyone's life is about.

Coming into the world (unwillingly)…………1Being a twin………………..2-15Ballet shoes and snacks……….15-18Coloring and alphabeting………18-19Soccer!!!………………………………………19-28Separated parents and new drama……………28-33Newton and everything that comes along with it………….33-36Summer of fun and sun…………………36-37Dad is gone………..37-38Arapahoe and much more to come……….38-39

A shining new face graced the world…1-3A 2 year trip to Big Sky country…3-7A huge eagle both scary and cool…7-8Desert life in Albequerque…8-12New Nightly Neighborhood Playdates…12-14Colorado Here I come (again)…14-18Swimming like a fish (almost) in the Glenwood Springs pool…18-20A cousin like a brother is a neighbor…………20-22Golfing through the fences………………………………………22-24Skiing on the snow white gills of Sunlight………………………24-26Back home again to Denver……………………………………26-30A new school and new friends…………………………………30-31High school here I come…………………………………………31-33

lets cut her open........1-5the toddler and the new kid.......6-11building blocks (in every sense).....12-26part of the pack, the wolf pack.....27-39maps, poster rooms, and jeopardy.....40-52arent you that one skater girl?.....53-68the high school delima.....69-82becoming the band geek, and loving it............83-97"highschool is where you experience things that will stick with you forever"............97-?

1-9 9 days overdue, my family called me baby blue,10-23 The chubby days...24-29 First of many growth spurts to come30-42 Welcome to Peabody Elem.43-49 Evil Mrs. O, to a new school district we go50-61 Douglas County Daze62-70 Cougar Kid, the make ups break ups and everything in between71-73 Traitor!!! Hated Summer..74-78 Choice leads to a better future78-... Back to littleton district!

Wow! I just want to say that I think everyone did an absolutely amazing job on these poems. I really enjoyed reading them! I loved how the page numbers showed how important events were in your life. I also really liked the creative names for the significant events. Half of them were SO DEEP that I couldn’t even figure out what the writer was trying to get across! This definitely increased the greatness of the poems because I began pondering what the writer was trying to say and I went really into depth.

These poems were so fun to read because of the diversity. Some of them were very deep and involved, while others were funny and made me laugh. I just want to say great job to everyone! Like Alex, I really liked how the page numbers showed the importance of the event!!

I loved these poems because nobody was trying too hard to get them to work. We just wrote, and they turned out great. We were not trying to make them rhyme or fit together in any specific order (though sometimes we succeeded anyway) so they turned out really good. I thought it was slightly amusing, in a dark, twisted sort of way, that so many people put "the dark ages" as one of their life chapters. Not that it is funny in any way (I put it too, afterall), I just think its pretty cool that everyone was so honest about the hardships or troubles in their lives.